I called this back in March! Yay, me!
ABC has now confirmed it, very quietly, without any fanfare, just by mentioning it in passing in an Episode Recap on the Official ABC site.
… The Man in Black leaves and addresses the Man in White as Jacob. Yes, this is Jacob. The camera [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Four-toed statue'
The four-toed statue IS Taweret! ABC confirms it!
May 29th, 2009 by Ms Terri · 2 Comments · Four-toed statue, Opening Scene of Season 5 Finale
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Anubis and the Smoke Monster hieroglyphics
April 11th, 2009 by Ms Terri · 7 Comments · 5x12 Dead is Dead, Egyptian mythology and hieroglyphics, Four-toed statue, Polls, Smoke monster
This hieroglyphic was on what seemed to be an altar in the underground temple that is Smokey’s lair.
The snake-like creature on the left is probably Smokey itself. The creature on the right, whose hand is outstretched with an offer of something (food?) for Smokey, looks a lot like the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis:
Anubis [...]
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Michael Emerson talks about the statue, Alpert, Egypt, John Locke, and more
March 18th, 2009 by Ms Terri · 2 Comments · Alpert (Nestor Carbonell), Alpert's eyeliner, Ben (Michael Emerson), Egyptian mythology and hieroglyphics, Four-toed statue, Interviews, Locke (Terry O'Quinn)
Here’s Michael Emerson (who plays Ben) in an interview last month with the Washington Post:
Liz: Will we find out what the deal is with the four-toed statue?
Michael: You are going to learn more about the world from which that statue came. I don’t think we’re going to see the statue again in context, but maybe. [...]
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I’m now totally convinced that the four-toed statue was based on Taweret
March 7th, 2009 by Ms Terri · No Comments · Egyptian mythology and hieroglyphics, Four-toed statue, Season 5, Theories
Here’s another picture, where the resemblance is especially clear:
The round thing on top of this statue’s head is identical to the one on “our” statue. The ears are very similar. The toes — I count four.
It’s no wonder that in LaFleur we could see the statue only from the back — look how [...]
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The giant four-toed statue
March 7th, 2009 by Ms Terri · No Comments · Damon and Carlton, Egyptian mythology and hieroglyphics, Four-toed statue, Season 2, Season 5, Season 6
In the beginning of LaFleur, the Lost-ies were startled to see the back of this giant statue.
It is, of course, the famous four-toed statue that we first saw in the finale of Season 2.
This past December, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, in one of the “Dharma Special Access” podcasts they made to keep us [...]
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